Jade Blue Dwarf Corn

Blue Jade Dwarf Corn is  recent variety selected for its blue kernels as a fresh-eating corn as well as for its sweet flavor It is an open-pollinated corn. The start out white and ripen to blue, but when boiled they turn a shade of green. The stalks grow to about 3-4 feet tall and each produce two small ears of corn about half the size of regular sweet corn.

Maize/Corn was domesticated 10,000 years ago in Mexico by native peoples and was introduced to the European colonists by Native Americans and eventually brought back to Europe by Christopher Columbus. Today it is widespread globally and perhaps is the most relied on crop.

Corn and Maize are terms, both used to describe the same grain derived from grass that human populations in the Americas have cultivated over centuries that have lead to the favorite and versatile crop that we eat fresh or cooked. The word “Corn” is primarily used in American English, while “Maize” is used internationally as well as in scientific circles. Whatever you call it, Corn/Maize is perhaps the most important domesticated food crop in the world as it has been a primary food source that provides enough calories to allow populations to survive and expand.

To read more about the cultural importance of Maize follow the link below: https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/people-corn

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